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1801 S-214 R3 PCGS graded MS63BN.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:8,000.00 USD Estimated At:16,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD
1801 S-214 R3 PCGS graded MS63BN.
<Our item number 136151><B>1801 S-214 R3. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown.</B> Lustrous bluish steel and light olive brown with faded mint red showing in protected areas, especially on the obverse. The only mark is a tiny horizontal nick in the field close under the end of the chin. The surfaces are satiny and the mint frost is unbroken. A very attractive cent that would qualify for gem status except for the weak strike on the bust and the opposing area at S-OF. Breen mentions this strike problem on page 614 of his book where he states &#34;Often weak on the profile and end of drapery, lower right obverse dentils, some leaves on the right branch, S OF, and upper right border, reflecting axial die misalignment of state III.&#34; M-LDS, Breen state III. Called MS63 Choice and tied for CC#1 honors with the ANS example in the Noyes census list, his photo #21715. Bland also says MS63 and tied for finest known with the ANS piece. Our grade is Mint State-63. The obverse of this cent is plated in Dr. Sheldon&#39;s Early Amer ican Cents. <B> PCGS population 1 with none finer.</B> <BR>Estimated Value &#36;16,000 - 18,000. <I><BR>Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/7/1945:313-Barney Bluestone-Charles J. Dupont, Stack&#39;s 9/24/54:316-Abe Kosoff-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/14/73:528-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Auction &#39;81 &#40;Paramount Rare Coin Corp.&#41;, 7/24/81:1052 &#40;via Stanley Kesselman&#41;-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 136151<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/48jpegs/136151.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/48jpegs/136151N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>